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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Added missing 4th ed codex citation. Removed sentence stating Dominatrixes contain a norn queen (I have looked and looked through old epic rulebooks, codexes, white dwarfs, and novels, and have found nothing indicating this)
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[[Image:Dominatrix 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dominatrix miniature ([[Epic]])]]
The '''Dominatrix''' (plural: ''Dominatrices'', species name: ''Tyranicus praepotens'' {{Cite ThisFn|1}}) is a [[Tyranid]] species which exerts a controlling [[psychic]] aura to bring lesser Tyranid creatures under its will, allowing the swarm under its command to operate with uncanny efficiency and tactical ability. However, a Dominatrix is extremely rare and only seen in the most advanced Tyranid swarms.{{Fn|12}}
A Dominatrix possess a large array of [[Bio-weapon]]ry and packs a colossal mass, dwarfing that of an [[Imperial]] [[Super Heavy Tank]]. It has an intelligence akin to that of a mighty [[Hive Tyrant]], and the link it has to the Tyranid [[Hive Mind]] surpasses even the Hive Tyrant's.{{Fn|12}}
A Dominatrix is a gargantuan composite creature of nightmarish proportions, equipped with ripping claws and fangs, and a stunning profusion of symbiotic weaponry. Dominatrices are the brood queens of the Tyranid hordes, their children spawning into all the different Tyranid classes. Inside her rides a Norn Queen, with all the gene sequences of the galaxy's most lethal creatures, ready to be spliced and twisted into new monstrocities.{{Cite This}}
Because of the importance of a Dominatrix, which is also the most powerful link to the Hive Mind a horde has, they are strategic targets of the highest priority. Destroying a Dominatrix can decide whether a planet falls to the Great Devourer, or is saved.{{Cite This}}
==Sources==
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], pg. 17*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], pg. 21
===Uncited===
*[[Hive War]]
