How many syllables in lizard?

There are 2 syllables in the word lizard.

How to pronounce lizard:

lizard (noun):: relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail.; any relatively long-bodied reptile (such as a crocodile or dinosaur) with legs and tapering tail; any of a suborder (lacertilia) of reptiles distinguished from the snakes by a fused inseparable lower jaw, a single temporal opening, two pairs of well differentiated functional limbs which may be lacking in burrowing forms, external ears, and eyes with movable lids

agamid

agamid lizard

anguid lizard

chamaeleon

chameleon

gecko

iguanid

iguanid lizard

lacertid

lacertid lizard

lanthanotus borneensis

legless lizard

lounge lizard

monitor

monitor lizard

night lizard

saurian

scincid

scincid lizard

teiid

teiid lizard

varan

venomous lizard

worm lizard

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