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mucous

How many syllables in mucous?

  2 syllables

Divide mucous into syllables:   mu-cous
Stressed syllable in mucous:   mu-cous
How to pronounce mucous:   myoo-kus
How to say mucous:

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What rhymes with mucous

2 syllables
  • Lucas
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3 syllables
  • Luchino
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