How many syllables in echidnas?

There are 3 syllables in the word echidnas.

How to pronounce echidnas:

echidnas (noun):: a related mammal (zaglossus bruijni) of new guinea having a longer snout and shorter spines; 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

echidna

spiny anteater

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