How many syllables in octopuses?

There are 4 syllables in the word octopuses.

How to pronounce octopuses:

octopuses (noun):: any octopod excepting the paper nautilus; any of a genus (octopus) of cephalopod mollusks that have eight muscular arms equipped with two rows of suckers

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