Meaty language (6)

I believe the answer is:

tongue

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'language' is the definition.
(tongue can mean a language)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for tongue that I've seen before include "Perhaps the Gaelic" , "cold meat?" , "'Red lorry, yellow lorry', for example" , "Language; promontory" , "For example, Danish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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