Guess a word or a word's spelling using a dictionary

Ben: Have you heard of the Ugly Animals Preservation Society?
Chloe: No. What's that?
Ben: It is a group who want people to know more about animals who get neglected because of how they ... .
Chloe: Hey, that's a great idea. You mean animals that look ugly who might become an ...
species?
Ben: Exactly. They had a competition at the British Science Festival recently to choose the world's ugliest animal.
Chloe: Which animal won?
Ben: It was the blobfish. They have made it a ... of the society.
Chloe: I've never heard about that fish.
Ben: That proves the point. They live in the deep sea off the coast of Australia where fishing trawlers catch them in their nets by mistake.
Chloe: That's a shame. Are they really, really ugly?
Ben: Well, they have no muscles so they look all rubbery and gross.
Chloe: Which other animals did well?
Ben: There was a heavy, slow-moving flightless parrot. And a ...
monkey that has a very long nose and a pot belly.
Chloe: I vote we start a branch of the society.
Ben: Yes. Let us set up a blog and invite all our friends to choose an animal for our mascot!
Chloe: You are on!