How many syllables in marsupial?

There are 4 syllables in the word marsupial.

How to pronounce marsupial:

marsupial (noun):: mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried.; any of an order (marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young

bandicoot

dasyurid

kangaroo

marsupial mole

marsupialia

metatherian

notoryctus typhlops

opossum

opossum rat

order marsupialia

phalanger

possum

pouched mammal

pouched mole

wombat

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