How many syllables in flamingo?

There are 3 syllables in the word flamingo.

How to pronounce flamingo:

flamingo (noun):: large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes.; any of several large aquatic birds (family phoenicopteridae) with long legs and neck, webbed feet, a broad lamellate bill resembling that of a duck but abruptly bent downward, and usually rosy-white plumage with scarlet wing coverts and black wing quills

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