How to pronounce “deglutition” in English

"The owl with one fell swoop came down upon his snakeship--" "and in striking his claws into his back, raised his head to his mouth and instantlysmashed it. Then commenced the process of deglutition. The owl proceeded to swallow the snake's head first, and proceeded badly enough, until, after a minute's struggle,all was swallowed but two inches of the tail." “At this point, the owl stopped to take breath, and stood with its eyes slowly blinking,