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[[Image:Dominatrix 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dominatrix miniature ([[Epic]])]]
The '''Dominatrix''' (plural: ''Dominatrices'', species name: ''Tyranicus praepotens'' {{Cite This}}) 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.<sup>2</sup>{{Fn|1}}
A Dominatrix possess a large array of [[Bio-weapon]]ary ry and packs a colossal mass, dwarfing that of an [[Imperium|Imperial]] [[Super Heavy Tank]]. It has an intelligence akin to that of a mighty [[Hive Tyrant]], and the link is it has to the Tyranid [[Hive Mind]] surpasses even the Hive Tyrant's.<sup>2</sup>{{Fn|1}}
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 are all the gene sequences of the galaxy's most lethal creatures, ready to be spliced and twisted by the Hive Mind.{{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}}
==See also==
==Sources==
*<sup>{{Endn|1</sup>: [[Hive War]]*<sup>2</sup>}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], ppg.21===Uncited===*[[Hive War]][[Category:Gargantuan Creatures]]
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