How many syllables in squid?

There is 1 syllable in the word squid.

Divide squid into syllables:

squid (noun):: widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins.; any of an order (teuthoidea) of cephalopods having eight short arms and two usually longer tentacles, a long tapered body, a caudal fin on each side, and usually a slender internal chitinous support

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