How many syllables in monotreme?

There are 3 syllables in the word monotreme.

How to pronounce monotreme:

monotreme (noun):: any of an order (monotremata) of egg-laying mammals comprising the platypuses and echidnas; noun. the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria.

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