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[[Image:ExocrineExocrine6th.jpg|thumb|right|150px225px|Tyranid Exocrine(6th Edition)]]An '''Exocrine''' is a large [[Tyranid]] creature bred for long range fire support. Its forelimbs are fused together to form Little more than a skeletal living artillery platform for a powerful , the Exocrine is controlled by the brain of its [[bioBio-cannonPlasmic Cannon]] that fires high velocity [[chitinBiomorph]] shells with , a giant weapon able to unleash a silicon-based penetrator corevast ball of plasma, or several focussed streams of fire from its multiple barrels. The Exocrine itself is purely a means of transportation for the bio-plasmic cannon is powered by a sudden surge nested into its flesh.{{Fn|3}} Because of muscle contractions starting their ability to deliver powerful long-ranged firepower, Exocrines are perhaps the most feared gun-beast in the creature's head frill combined with an electromagnetic boost from adapted nerve bundlesTyranid swarms.{{Fn|12}} ==Images==[[Image:Exocrine.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Tyranid Exocrine (Warhammer 40,000 collectible card game) ]]
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Chapter Approved 2001]], pg. 103
*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf]] January 2014 - ''Tyranids Exocrine''
*{{Endn|3}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod2340096a Games Workshop]
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