Hyphenation of mucous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word mucous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

mu-cous

Definitions of mucous:

1.	Of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus Mucous tissue Mucous glands of the intestine

Synonyms of mucous:

adj	mucose, secretion

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.