How many syllables in mantis?

There are 2 syllables in the word mantis.

Divide mantis into syllables:

mantis (noun):: predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer.; any of an order or suborder (mantodea and especially family mantidae) of large usually green insects that feed on other insects and clasp their prey in forelimbs held up as if in prayer

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