How many syllables in caribou?

There are 3 syllables in the word caribou.

How to pronounce caribou:

caribou (noun):: Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer' in Eurasia andcaribou' in North America.; a large gregarious deer (rangifer tarandus) of holarctic taiga and tundra that usually has palmate antlers in both sexes

barren ground caribou

cervid

deer

genus rangifer

greenland caribou

rangifer arcticus

rangifer caribou

rangifer tarandus

reindeer

woodland caribou

doe

fawn

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