How many syllables in lobster?

There are 2 syllables in the word lobster.

Divide lobster into syllables:

lobster (noun):: any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae.; any of a family (nephropidae and especially homarus americanus) of large edible marine decapod crustaceans that have stalked eyes, a pair of large claws, and a long abdomen and that include species from coasts on both sides of the north atlantic and from the cape of good hope

crawfish

crayfish

decapod

decapod crustacean

langouste

nephrops norvegicus

norway lobster

pleopod

reptantia

rock lobster

sea crawfish

spiny lobster

swimmeret

true lobster

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