How many syllables in barracuda?

There are 4 syllables in the word barracuda.

How to pronounce barracuda:

barracuda (noun):: any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth.; any of a genus (sphyraena of the family sphyraenidae) of elongate predaceous often large bony fishes of warm seas that includes food and sport fishes as well as some forms frequently causing ciguatera poisoning

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