How many syllables in bonobo?

There are 3 syllables in the word bonobo.

How to pronounce bonobo:

bonobo (noun):: small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species.; a rare anthropoid ape (pan paniscus) that has a more slender build and longer limbs than the related common chimpanzee (p. troglodytes) and that inhabits a small geographic region in equatorial africa south of the congo river

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