How many syllables in echidna?

There are 3 syllables in the word echidna.

How to pronounce echidna:

echidna (noun):: a related mammal (zaglossus bruijni) of new guinea having a longer snout and shorter spines; a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia.; a spiny-coated toothless burrowing nocturnal monotreme mammal (tachyglossus aculeatus) of australia, tasmania, and new guinea that has a long extensible tongue and long heavy claws and that feeds chiefly on ants

anteater

genus tachyglossus

monotreme

spiny anteater

tachyglossus

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