How many syllables in shrike?

There is 1 syllable in the word shrike.

Divide shrike into syllables:

shrike (noun):: noun. any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals.; any of numerous usually largely gray or brownish oscine birds (family laniidae) that have a hooked bill, feed chiefly on insects, and often impale their prey on thorns

bush shrike

butcherbird

family laniidae

laniidae

lanius lucovicianus

lanius ludovicianus migrans

loggerhead shrike

oscine

oscine bird

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