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The part of an animal that lost an argument with hunger.

means Animal flesh eaten as food, typically the muscle tissue of mammals, birds, or fish.

from Old English mete meant food of any kindbread, fruit, all of it. For centuries a vegetable was meat. Then carnivores hijacked the word, and now mete survives only in flesh and the quaint phrase sweetmeats.

Old meaningOnce meant any solid food whatsoever
Nut hangoverCoconut meat keeps the ancient sense alive
The pointMeat of the matter means the substance
Color trickRed versus white set by myoglobin levels
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