dark meat vs meat

dark meat and meat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dark meat	Yes	No	No	No
meat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, meat is a hypernym of dark meat; that is, meat is a word with a broader meaning than dark meat:

dark meat: the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
meat: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

dark meat (noun)	meat (noun)
the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
	the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
	the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone