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The [[Imperium|Imperium's]] first recorded encounters with the Carnifex were in the battles against [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]] that lead up to the [[Battle for Macragge]]. As the Imperium tried to stop the Tyranids in space, Carnifexes were at the head of every boarding action.{{Fn|1a}} The strain of Carnifexes encountered became known as '''Screamer-Killers''' because of their terrible ululating shriek, caused by rasping plates in their esophagus that were used to energize a form of [[bio-plasma]] in their gut to shoot bio-plasmic bolts, and in some instances Screamer Killers were reported using an electrical field around their claws to build up an incandescent bio-plasma ball before launching it at a target over longer ranges.{{Fn|4a}}

The Carnifex genus actually comprises many species displaying a wide variety of symbiotic weaponry such as the [[Heavy Venom Cannon]], [[Stranglethorn Cannon]], and [[Deathspitter]]s.{{Fn|2}} They also can sport a number of support [[Biomorph]]s including [[Adrenal Gland]]s, [[Acid Maw]], [[Chitin|Chitin Thorns]], [[Enhanced Senses]], [[Spore Cysts]], [[Toxin Sacs]], and [[Tusks]].{{Fn|12}}

==Miniatures==

Screamerkiller1992.jpg|Screamer-Killer miniature (1st Edition - 1992){{Fn|10}}

Tyranid Carnifex 2.jpg|Carnifex miniature (3rd Edition - 2001){{Fn|9a}}

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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], {{Cite This}}

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