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[[Image:Dev6.jpg|thumb|right|Tyranid Devourer{{Fn|76}}]]
A '''Devourer''' is a [[Tyranid]] [[Bio-weapon]], typically carried by [[Tyranid Warrior]] breeds and their variants (including [[Tyranid Shrike|Shrikes]] and [[Tyranid Prime]]s){{Fn|1a}}.
== Overview ==
The devourer is a conical lump of partly rotted flesh, infested by writhing worm'''Flesh-like worms''', parasites with black, shiny heads. When the weapon is triggered, a bio-electric jolt hurls a shower of these creatures at the enemy, where they immediately start burrowing into the flesh, eating their way through the victim's nervous system towards the brain. The agony caused by this process is enough to drive the victim insane.{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}.
Devourers wielded by the largest Tyranid organisms are loaded with hives of '''Brainleech worms''', a more aggressive and voracious breed of worm.{{Fn|1b}}.
When the worms are launched at the target, in a swarm of hundreds at a time, they either shatter against the target and spread acid and poison over it, or pierce the armour to burrow into the flesh as described above{{Fn|4}}.
==Images==
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|[[Image:DevourerWarrior.jpg|thumb|center|170px|[[Tyranid Warrior]] with a Devourer{{Fn|65}}]]
|[[Image:devourer.jpg|thumb|right|A Devourer<br>Inset: Brainleech Worm{{Cite This}}]]
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*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition)]], pg. 8
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]], pg. 56
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Games-Workshop Bio-Weapons Thesis 2]]*{{Endn|6}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1050114 Tyranid Warrior Brood]*{{Endn|76}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 217===Uncited===*[[Games-Workshop Bio-Weapons Thesis 2]]
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