How many syllables in crocodile?

There are 3 syllables in the word crocodile.

Divide crocodile into syllables:

crocodile (noun):: crocodilian; large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters.; any of several large, carnivorous, thick-skinned, long-bodied, aquatic reptiles (family crocodylidae and especially genus crocodylus) of tropical and subtropical waters that have a long, tapered, v-shaped snout

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