How many syllables in triceratops?

There are 4 syllables in the word triceratops.

How to pronounce triceratops:

triceratops (noun):: huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill.; any of a genus (triceratops) of large herbivorous quadrupedal ceratopsian dinosaurs of the late cretaceous with three horns, a bony hood or crest on the neck, and hoofed toes

genus triceratops

horned dinosaur

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