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Species of Tyranid

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Monstrous Creatures
|style=background:#bab align=center width=180px|'''Name'''
|style=background:#bab align=center|'''Description'''
|style=background:#bab align=center|'''SourcesImages'''
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|[[Carnifex]]
|Carnifexes are hulking, powerful Tyranid creatures used as living battering rams.
|[[File:Tyranid_Carnifex2.jpg|center|150px]]
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|* ''[[Old One Eye]]'' <sup>a, 16: pg.57</sup>
|A unique '''Carnifex''' with the ability to regenerate itself from mortal wounds.
|<sup>a, 16[[File: pgOld_One_Eye_mini.57</sup>jpg|center|150px]]
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|[[Harpy]]<sup>16: pg.43</sup>
|A Harpy is a large winged species of Tyranid comparable to a winged Trygon.
|<sup>16[[File: pgT5EHarpy.43</sup>jpg|center|150px]]
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|[[Hive Tyrant]]
|Monstrous Tyranid creatures created to be commanders of the Tyranid swarm, they embody the [[Hive Mind]] completely and act as the primary [[Synapse]] conduit through which it enforces its will over lesser Tyranid creatures.
|[[File:Tyranid_Hive_Tyrant_4th_Edition_1.jpg|center|150px]]
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|* ''[[Swarmlord]]'' <sup>a, 16: pg.56</sup>
|A legendary '''Hive Tyrant''' created by the [[Hive Mind]] with the purpose of out-thinking the enemy and developing new strategies when standard Tyranid strategies of physical and biological adaption fail.
|<sup>16[[File: pgSwarmlord_(Artwork).56</sup>jpg|center|150px]]
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|* ''[[Dagon Overlord]]'' <sup>a, 21</sup>
|A Hive Tyrant used exclusively by [[Hive Fleet]] [[Dagon]].
|<sup>21</sup>
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|[[Laius Horror]] <sup>a</sup>
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|<sup>a</sup>[[File:Laius_Horror.jpg|center|150px]]
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|[[Magma Corer]]<sup>10</sup>|
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|<sup>10</sup>
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|[[Malanthrope]]<sup>4</sup>
|A rarely seen form of psychic Tyranid.
|<sup>4</sup>[[File:Malanthrope.jpg|center|150px]]
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|[[Mawloc]]<sup>13, 16: pg.51</sup>|A huge worm-like Tyranid creature that acts as an outrider to the Tyranid swarm. |<sup>13, 16[[File: pgMawloc.51</sup>jpg|center|150px]]
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|[[Tervigon]]<sup>16: pg.52</sup>
|A massive Tyranid which serves as a living incubator capable of spawning Termagants.
|<sup>16[[File: pgTervigon.52</sup>jpg|center|150px]]
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|[[Trygon]]<sup>16: pg.50</sup>
|Huge Tyranid creatures, similar to giant Raveners.
|<sup>16[[File: pgTrygon.50</sup>jpg|center|150px]]
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|* ''[[Trygon Prime]]''<sup>13, 16: pg.50</sup>
|A variation of the Trygon adapted to share a synaptic link with the Hive Mind, allowing them to influence lesser Tyranid creatures.
|<sup>13, 16[[File: pgTrygon_Prime.50</sup>jpg|center|150px]]
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|[[Tyrannofex]]<sup>16: pg.53</sup>
|A Tyrannofex is a monstrous battle-fortress species of Tyranid.
|<sup>16[[File: pgTyrannofex.53</sup>jpg|center|150px]]
|}
 
===Note===
<sup>a</sup> These species are possibly one-off mutations or an experiment by the Hive Mind that has not been widely utilized.
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