Exocrine
The Tyranid Exocrine is a huge living weapon with a carrier beast. This creature is actually two Tyranids in one: The huge gun on its back which can fire a huge ball of plasma or several small streams, and the Exocrine itself, which is just a mule to carry the gun and protect it.
The gun itself controls the exocrine and can only fully concentrate on targeting and firing when it mentally smacks the dull creature to stop moving about. This has led many Imperial observers to believe the gun is actually more intelligent than its carrier and endless lolz in the fanbase as the completely sensible question of why an intelligent, evil overmind like the Hive Mind would create such a weapon with the drawback of being unable to fire if the carrier even twitches a little. Other lesser bio-morph weapons seem to not have the trouble of a mindless oaf to worry about after all. This in turn remind all of us on why the Nids are even considered the "Master of Evolution" if they can't even get their own Artillery Units right, let alone Apocalypse units such as the Harridan which dies the moment it lands, since for some fucktarded reason, having EXBOXHUGE wings is apparently a one-use card now. One must wonder what the flying fuck the Hivemind was smoking when it decided that these "Units" was considered as "A-OK!".
Regardless, the Exocrine is the most feared of the ranged firepower creatures in the Tyrannic army. This is not much of a compliment for a race renowned for poor firepower, on par with the Orks and their wild chaotic shooting sprees. Although to be fair, the Exocrine is at least a more badass and cooler version of the Biovore, and at least it is MUCH more useful then that fiery fuck of Fail.
History
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The Exocrine was added in the 6th edition Tyranid Codex.