How many syllables in plankton?

There are 2 syllables in the word plankton.

How to pronounce plankton:

plankton (noun):: see also phytoplankton, zooplankton; the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water.; the passively floating or weakly swimming usually minute organisms (such as dinoflagellates, diatoms, copepods, radiolarians, and larval crustaceans and fish) of a body of water

aggregate

being

congeries

conglomeration

copepod

copepod crustacean

organism

phytoplankton

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