A chicken speaking Italian? God! (6)

I believe the answer is:

apollo

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'god' is the definition.
(Apollo is a Greek god)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for apollo that I've seen before include "US moon landing programme" , "Lad who's striking" , "US space project, 1960-72" , "Greek god - US space programme dedicated to moon landings - butterfly" , "US space program" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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