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A '''Biomorph''' is an evolutionary adaptation of the [[Tyranid]] species developed by the [[Hive Mind]] to create the perfect killing beasts needed to defeat its current enemy. Biomorphs are symbiotic creatures organically attached to more complex Tyranid organisms, serving as their organisms primary means of attack.{{Fn|1}}
==Close Combat Biomorphs-combat biomorphs=={|align=<center border><gallery widths="1" cellpadding180 heights="5" cellspacing="0" width=550px|style="background:#60c; color: white" colspan=3 align=center|'''Close Combat Biomorphs'''|-|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Name'''180>BoneswordBit.jpg|stylelink=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Description'''|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Images'''|-|[[Bio-plasma]]|||-Boneword|[[Bonesword]]||[[File:BoneswordBitRipperTeeth.jpg|center|100px]]|-link=Claws and Teeth|[[Claws and Teeth]]Crushingclaw.jpg|||-link=Crushing Claws|[[Crushing Claws]]LashWhipBit.jpg|||-link=Lash whip|[[Lash Whip]]||[[File:LashWhipBitRendingclaws.jpg|center|150px]]|-link=Rending Claws|[[Rending Claws]]||[[File:RendingclawScythingTalon.jpg|center|70px]]|-link=Scything Talons|[[Scything Talons]]||[[File:ScythingTalonTailMace.jpg|center|150px]]|-|[[Sharpened Claws]]|||-|[[Stone Crusher]]|||-link=Tail Mace|[[Tail Mace]]TailScythe.jpg|||-link=Tail Scythe|[[Tail Scythe]]WreckingClaw.jpg|||-link=Wrecker Claws|[[TuskedWrecker Claws]]WreckingBall.jpg|||-link=Wrecking Ball|[[Wrecking Ball]]||[[File:WreckingBall.jpg|</gallery></center|100px]]|-|}>
==Ranged Biomorphsweapon-symbiotes=={|align=<center border><gallery widths="1" cellpadding180 heights="5" cellspacing="0" width=550px180>Acidspray.jpg|stylelink="background:#60c; color: white" colspan=3 align=center|'''Ranged Biomorphs'''|-|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Name'''|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Description'''|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Images'''|-Acid Spray|[[Acid Spray]]Unknown.jpg|link=Balethorn Cannon|[[File:Tyrannofex03 873x627.jpg|center|150pxBalethorn Cannon]]|-Barblauncher.jpg|[[Barbed StranglerBarblauncher]]||[[File:BarbedStrangler6.jpg|center|150px]]|-link=Barbed Strangler|[[Bio-cannonBarbed Strangler]]||[[File:NidTitan3.jpg|center|150px]]|link=Bio-cannon|[[Trygon|Bio-electric Pulsecannon]]Bioplasmiccannon.jpg|||link=Bio-Plasmic Cannon|[[Bio-plasmaPlasmic Cannon]]TyranidTorpedoes.jpg|||link=Bio-Torpedo|[[Bio-Plasmic CannonTorpedo]]||[[File:Exocrine6thDeathspitter.jpg|center|150px]]|-link=Deathspitter|[[Cluster SpinesDeathspitter]]Dev6.jpg|||-link=Devourer|[[DeathspitterDevourer]]Flamespurt.jpg|link=Pyrovore|[[File:Deathspitter.jpgPyrovore|center|150pxFlamespurt]]FB6.jpg|-link=Fleshborer|[[DevourerFleshborer]]FleshborerHive.jpg|link=Fleshborer Hive|[[File:Dev6.jpg|center|150pxFleshborer Hive]]ImpalerCannon.jpg|-link=Impaler Cannon|[[Drool Impaler Cannon]]||[[File:DroolCannonPyroAcidBattery.jpg|center|150px]]|link=Pyro-acid Battery|[[Enhanced SensesPyro-acid Battery]]Rupturecannon.jpg|||-link=Rupture Cannon|[[Pyrovore|FlamespurtRupture Cannon]]Unknown.jpg|link=Ripper Tentacles|[[File:Pyrovore.jpg|center|150pxRipper Tentacles]]Shardlauncher.jpg|-link=Shardlauncher|[[Flesh HooksShardlauncher]]Shockcannon.jpg|||-link=Shockcannon|[[Fleshborer HiveShockcannon]]SpikeRifle10th.jpg|link=Spike Rifle|[[File:Tyrannofex02 873x627.jpg|center|150pxSpike Rifle]]Spinefist6.jpg|-link=Spinefists|[[FleshborerSpinefist]]||[[File:FB6Sporeminelauncher2006.jpg|center|150px]]|-link=Spore Mine Launcher|[[Grasping TongueSpore Mine Launcher]]Stranglethorn_Cannon.jpg|||-link=Stranglethorn Cannon|[[Heavy Venom Stranglethorn Cannon]]Strangleweb10th.jpg|||-link=Strangleweb|[[Impaler CannonStrangleweb]]||[[File:ImpalerCannonTentaclid2.jpg|center|150px]]|-link=Tentaclid|[[Pyro-acid BatteryTentaclid]]VC6.jpg|||-link=Venom Cannon|[[Rupture Venom Cannon]]HeavyVenomCannon.jpg|link=Heavy Venom Cannon|[[File:Tyrannofex01 873x627.jpg|center|150pxHeavy Venom Cannon]]|-</gallery></center>|[[Ripper Tentacles]]|==Ranged biomorphs==|<center><gallery widths=180 heights=180>Bioplasma.jpg|link=Bio-plasma|[[ShockcannonBio-plasma]]ClusterSpines.jpg|link=Cluster Spines|[[File:Hiveguard6th.jpg|center|150pxCluster Spines]]DroolCannon.jpg|-link=Drool Cannon|[[Spike RifleDrool Cannon]]Graspingtongue.jpg|link=Grasping Tongue|[[File:Gaunt with Spike Rifle.jpg|center|150pxGrasping Tongue]]SpineBanks.jpg|-link=Spine Banks|[[Spine Banks]]SporeCysts.jpg|||-link=Spore Cysts|[[SpinefistSpore Cysts]]Unknown.jpg|link=Stinger Salvo|[[File:Spinefist6.jpg|center|150pxStinger Salvo]]ToxinjectorHarpoon.jpg|-link=Toxinjector Harpoon|[[Spore CystsToxinjector Harpoon]]|</gallery></center> |==Enhancement Biomorphs==|-<center><gallery widths=180 heights=180>Acidmaw.jpg|[[Spore Mine LauncherAcid Maw]]Enhancedsenses.jpg|||-link=Enhanced Senses|[[Stinger SalvoEnhanced Senses]]|||-Carnifexregeneratebiomorph2005.jpg|[[Spine BanksRegeneration]]Tyranidstusks.jpg|||-link=Tusks|[[Stranglethorn CannonTusks]]Ymgarl.png|link=Feeder Tendrils|[[File:Stranglethorn_Cannon.jpg|center|150pxFeeder Tendrils]]Unknown.jpg|-link=Trygon|[[StranglewebTrygon|Bio-electric Pulse]]FleshHooks.jpg|||-link=Flesh Hooks|[[TentaclidFlesh Hooks]]Unknown.jpg|link=Ripper Tentacles|[[File:Tentaclid.jpg|center|150pxRipper Tentacles]]Unknown.jpg|-link=Seed Spores|[[Venom CannonSeed Spore]]{{Fn|4}}|[[File:VC6Unknown.jpg|centerlink=Sharpened Claws|150px[[Sharpened Claws]]|}</gallery></center>
==Armour Biomorphs==
{|align=center border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width=550px|style="background:#60c; color: white" colspan=3 align=center|'''Armoured Biomorphs'''|-|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Name'''|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Description'''|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Images'''|-|*[[Armoured Shell]]|||-|*[[Bonded Exoskeleton]]|||-|*[[Chitin]]|||-|*[[Extended Carapace]]|||-|*[[Hardened Carapace]]|||-|*[[Reinforced Chitin]]|||-|*[[Toughened Exoskeleton]]|||}
==Support Biomorphs==
*[[Abhorrent Pheremones]]{{Fn|align=center border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width=550px3a}}*[[Accelerated Digestion]]{{Fn|style="background:#60c; color: white" colspan=3 align=center|'''Support Biomorphs'''3a}}|-|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Name'''|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Description'''|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Images'''|-|*[[Acid Blood]]|||-|*[[Acid MawAdaptive Exoskeleton]]|{{Fn|3a}}|-|*[[Adrenal Glands]]|||-|*[[Adrenaline Sac]]*[[Adrenal Webs]]{{Fn|3a}}||-|*[[Blinding Venom]]*[[Bio-Metallic Cyst]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Burrowing]]{{Fn|9}}|-|*[[Chameleonic Skin]]|||-|*[[Containment Spines]]*[[Dermic Symbiosis]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Dynamic Camouflage]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Enhanced Resistance]]{{Fn|-3a}}|*[[Enhanced Senses]]|||-|*[[Frag Spines]]*[[Hypermetabolic Acceleration]]{{Fn|3a}}||-|*[[Implant Attack]]|*[[Leaping]]*[[Membranous Mobility]]{{Fn|3a}}*[[Metamorphic Regrowth]]{{Fn|-3a}}|*[[LeapingMorphic Sinews]]{{Fn|3a}}|*[[Neuronode]]*[[Neuropredatory Crest]]{{Fn|-8}}|*[[Optic Membranes]]|*[[Scuttlers]]|*[[Secretion Goad]]*[[Sporemist Spines]]{{Fn|-3a}}|*[[RegenerateSynaptic Augmentation]]{{Fn|3a}}||-|*[[ScuttlersSynaptic Enhancement]]{{Fn|3a}}||-|*[[Symbiote Rippers]]|*[[Teleporter Worm]]||-|*[[Thornback]]|||-|*[[Thorax Swarm]]|||-|*[[Toxic Miasma]]|||-|*[[Toxin Sacs]]|||-|*[[Venom Sacs]]*[[Voltage Field]]{{Fn|5}}||-|*[[Wings (Biomorph)|Wings]]|||}
==Bio-Artefacts==
'''Bio-Artefacts''' are symbiotic organisms of incredible rarity.{{Fn|2}}
*[[Arachnacyte Gland]]{{Fn|align=center border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width=550px|style="background:#60c; color: white" colspan=3 align=center|'''Bio-Artefacts'''}}*[[Balemind Membrane]]{{Fn|-6}}*[[Dirgeheart of Kharis]]{{Fn|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Name'''7}}*[[Gestation Sac]]{{Fn|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Description'''|style=background:#a699a3 align=center|'''Images'''|-7}}|*[[Maw-Claws of Thyrax]]|||-|*[[Norn Crown]]|||-|*[[Miasma Cannon]]*[[Mortrex Implant Attack]]*[[The Passenger]]{{Fn|7}}*[[Pathogenesis]]{{Fn|3}}*[[Resonance Barb]]{{Fn|-3}}|*[[Ymgarl Factor]]*[[Reaper of Obliterax]]*[[Scythes of Tyran]]{{Fn|7}}*[[Searhive]]{{Fn|7}}*[[Shardgullet]]{{Fn|-7}}*[[Slayer Sabres]]{{Fn|6}}*[[Reaper of ObliteraxSpirit-Leech Cortex]]*[[Xenogenic Acid]]{{Fn|3}}*[[Venomthorn Parasite]]{{Fn|3}}|}*[[Void Crown]]
==Hive Mind Psychic Powers==
{{main|Tyranid Psychic Powers}}
==Trivia=={{Trivia}}[[The Citadel Journal 37]] included [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook|3rd Edition]] rules for the rare biomorphs of [[Hive Fleet]] [[Harbinger (Hive Fleet)|Harbinger]], several of which would later become published biomorphs including [[Acid Spray]], [[Regeneration]], and by different names some which could be considered precursors to the [[Venom_Cannon#Heavy_Venom_Cannon|Heavy Venom Cannon]], [[Stinger Salvo]], and the [[Fleshborer Hive]].{{Fn|9}} ==See Alsoalso==*[[List of ListsTyranid Bio-Weapons Thesis]]*[[Genestealer ArmoryArmoury]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg.215-217
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition)]] (E-Book) - ''Bio-Artefacts of the Tyranids''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Psychic Awakening: Blood of Baal]] pg.71
**{{Endn|3a}}: pgs.74-77
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]], pg. 67
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (10th Edition)]], pgs. 116-117
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (9th Edition)]], pg. 71
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Kill Team: Typhon]] Dossier, pg. 24
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Citadel Journal 37]], pgs. 50-53 {{FE}}
 
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