'Slipper animalcule' is

Entamoeba

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Paramecium

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Giardia

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Euglena

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Solution

The correct option is C Paramecium
Animalcule is an older term for a microscopic motile animal or protozoan. Paramecium is a genus of ciliated Protozoa and called as 'slipper animalcules' because it looks like a slipper. It is rounded at the front and pointed at back or end.

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