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Added note about Spinemaws on Ripper Swarms
A '''Spinefist''' is a [[Tyranid]] [[Biomorph|Bio-weapon]] of a symbiotic living gun, typically carried in pairs, which connects its own air-bladder to the airways of its host via a long tube-like tail that burrows through the host's limb into their torso. A spinefist's lethally poisonous spines are coated with neuro-toxins which assault the nervous system of its victims, and are fired by a sharp exhalation of the host. Thus, a larger and more powerful host can exhale more spines in each salvo, ripping through the flesh of any caught victims.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
When a [[Ripper]] is equipped with a '''Spinefist''' it is known as a '''Spinemaw'''{{Fn|4}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], pg. 82
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 216
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Tyranids 10th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 97
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