use strict;

use POSIX;
use LWP::Simple;

my $html = get('http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=' . shift);

my ($def) = $html =~ /<!-- Content -->(.*)<!-- End content -->/s;
$def =~ s/(<\/table>(?!.*<\/table>)).*$/$1/sg;

print html2text($def);

sub html2text {
   my $html = shift;
   my $tmp_file = tmpnam() . '.html';
   open(FH,'>',$tmp_file) || die $!;
   print FH $html;
   close FH;

   my $text = `lynx -dump $tmp_file`;
   $text =~ s/References\n.*//s;
   unlink $tmp_file;
   return $text;
}
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jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)