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Man treating me has poison (4,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

homo sapiens

'man' is the definition.
(man can refer to humanity as a whole)

'treating me has poison' is the wordplay.
'treating' indicates an anagram.
'me'+'has'+'poison'='mehaspoison'
'mehaspoison' anagrammed gives 'HOMO SAPIENS'.

(Other definitions for homo sapiens that I've seen before include "Modern humans" , "The one existing species of Man" , "Human species" , "Relative of 1 across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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