How many syllables in marmot?

There are 2 syllables in the word marmot.

Divide marmot into syllables:

marmot (noun):: noun. stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter.; any of a genus (marmota) of stout-bodied short-legged chiefly herbivorous burrowing rodents of the squirrel family that have coarse fur, a short bushy tail, and very small ears and that hibernate during the winter compare woodchuck

genus marmota

gnawer

groundhog

marmota

marmota caligata

marmota flaviventris

marmota monax

rockchuck

rodent

whistler

whistling marmot

woodchuck

yellowbelly marmot

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