How many syllables in centipede?

There are 3 syllables in the word centipede.

How to pronounce centipede:

centipede (noun):: chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors.; any of a class (chilopoda) of long flattened many-segmented predaceous arthropods with each segment bearing one pair of legs of which the foremost pair is modified into poison fangs

arthropod

chilopoda

class chilopoda

house centipede

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