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How should I pronounce this word? Where is the stress? Thank you!
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Bacterivores
How should I pronounce this word? Where is the stress? Thank you!
Bac-ter-i-vores
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It's not a word I've ever had cause to say, but if I heard it I'd expect the stress to fall on the second syllable, and that vowel to be /e/ rather than /i:/.

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It reminds me of the word - bacteria.

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It reminds me of the word - bacteria.

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like other -vore words: omnivore, carnivore, herbivore...

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like other -vore words: omnivore, carnivore, herbivore...

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Thus, according to the word formation, bacterivores might refer to something that eats bacteria.
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Thus, according to the word formation, bacterivores might refer to something that eats bacteria.
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