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shovel-nosed

How many syllables in shovel-nosed?

  3 syllables

Divide shovel-nosed into syllables:   shov-el-nosed
Primary syllable stress:   shov-el-nosed
Secondary syllable stress:   shov-el-nosed
How to say shovel-nosed:

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