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An '''Exocrine''' is a large [[Tyranid]] creature bred for long range fire support.

Little more than a living artillery platform, the Exocrine is controlled by the brain of its [[Bio-Plasmic Cannon]] [[Biomorph]], a giant weapon able to unleash a vast ball of plasma, or several focused streams of fire from its multiple barrels. The Exocrine itself is purely a means of transportation for the bio-plasmic cannon nested into its flesh.{{Fn|3}} Only when the larger beast remains still can the symbiote focus all of its mental resources into targeting and destroying its prey.{{Fn|4}} Because of their ability to deliver powerful long-ranged firepower, Exocrines are perhaps the most feared gun-beast in the Tyranid swarms.{{Fn|2}}

While the Exocrine itself is largely slaved to the will of its parasitic cannon biomorph and acts simply as a means of transportation for it, they are nonetheless powerful creatures and can smash and tear enemies apart that get too close.{{Fn|7}}

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*[[Species of Tyranid]]

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Chapter Approved 2001]], pg. 103

*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf January 2014]] — ''Tyranids Exocrine''