How many syllables in walruses?

There are 3 syllables in the word walruses.

How to pronounce walruses:

walruses (noun):: a large gregarious marine mammal (odobenus rosmarus of the family odobenidae) of arctic waters related to the seals that has limbs modified into webbed flippers, long ivory tusks, a tough wrinkled hide, stiff whiskers, and a thick layer of blubber

sea horse

seahorse

walrus

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