How many syllables in cephalopod?

There are 4 syllables in the word cephalopod.

How to pronounce cephalopod:

cephalopod (noun):: marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles.; any of a class (cephalopoda) of marine mollusks including the squids, cuttlefishes, and octopuses that move by expelling water from a tubular siphon under the head and that have a group of muscular usually sucker-bearing arms around the front of the head, highly developed eyes, and usually a sac containing ink which is ejected for defense or concealment

cephalopod mollusk

cephalopoda

chambered nautilus

class cephalopoda

decapod

dibranch

dibranchiate mollusk

mollusc

mollusk

nautilus

octopod

pearly nautilus

shellfish

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