How many syllables in pangolin?

There are 3 syllables in the word pangolin.

How to pronounce pangolin:

pangolin (noun):: noun. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites.; any of a family (manidae of the order pholidota) of asian and african toothless mammals having the body covered dorsally with large imbricated horny scales

anteater

eutherian

eutherian mammal

manis

placental

placental mammal

scaly anteater

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