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*[[Blinding Venom]]
 
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*[[Chameleonic Skin]]
 
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*[[Metamorphic Regrowth]]{{Fn|3a}}
 
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*[[Morphic Sinews]]{{Fn|3a}}
 
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*[[Neuronode]]
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*[[Neuropredatory Crest]]{{Fn|8}}
 
*[[Optic Membranes]]
 
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*[[Scuttlers]]
 
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*[[Secretion Goad]]
 
*[[Sporemist Spines]]{{Fn|3a}}
 
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*[[Synaptic Augmentation]]{{Fn|3a}}
 
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*[[Arachnacyte Gland]]{{Fn|3}}
 
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*[[Maw-Claws of Thyrax]]
 
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*[[Norn Crown]]
 
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*[[Miasma Cannon]]
 
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*[[Ymgarl Factor]]
 
*[[Ymgarl Factor]]
 
*[[Reaper of Obliterax]]
 
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{{main|Tyranid Psychic Powers}}
 
{{main|Tyranid Psychic Powers}}
  
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==Trivia==
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{{Trivia}}
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[[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}}
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==See also==
 
*[[Tyranid Bio-Weapons Thesis]]
 
*[[Tyranid Bio-Weapons Thesis]]
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*[[Genestealer Armory]]
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*[[Genestealer Armoury]]
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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*{{Endn|4}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2]]
 
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2]]
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]], pg. 67
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]], pg. 67
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*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (10th Edition)]], pgs. 116-117
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*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (9th Edition)]], pg. 71
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*{{Endn|8}}: [[Kill Team: Typhon]] Dossier, pg. 24
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*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Citadel Journal 37]], pgs. 50-53 {{FE}}
  
 
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[[Category:Weapons by Type]]
 
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[[de:Biomorph]]
 
[[fr:Biomorphe]]
 
[[fr:Biomorphe]]

Latest revision as of 06:52, 27 February 2026

An unknown type of Biomorph[1]

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.[1]

Close-combat biomorphs

Ranged weapon-symbiotes

Ranged biomorphs

Enhancement Biomorphs

Armour Biomorphs

Support Biomorphs

Bio-Artefacts

Bio-Artefacts are symbiotic organisms of incredible rarity.[2]

Hive Mind Psychic Powers

Main article: Tyranid Psychic Powers

Trivia

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The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

The Citadel Journal 37 included 3rd Edition rules for the rare biomorphs of 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 Heavy Venom Cannon, Stinger Salvo, and the Fleshborer Hive.[9]

See also

Sources

See respective articles.


Tyranid Biomorphs
Melee Bonesword • Claws and Teeth • Crushing Claws • Feeder Tendrils • Feeder Tentacle • Lash Whip • Rending Claws • Scything Talons • Sharpened Claws • Tail Mace • Tail Scythe • Tusks • Wrecking Ball
Ranged Acid Spray • Balethorn Cannon • Barblauncher • Barbed Strangler • Bio-cannon • Bio-electric Pulse • Bio-plasma • Bio-Plasmic Cannon • Bio-Torpedo • Cluster Spines • Deathspitter • Devourer • Drool Cannon • Enhanced Senses • Flamespurt • Flesh Hooks • Fleshborer Hive • Fleshborer • Grasping Tongue • Heavy Venom Cannon • Impaler Cannon • Pyro-acid Battery • Rupture Cannon • Ripper Tentacles • Seed Spore • Shardlauncher • Shockcannon • Spike Rifle • Spine Banks • Spinefist • Spore Cysts • Spore Mine Launcher • Stinger Salvo • Stranglethorn Cannon • Strangleweb • Tentaclid • Thorax Swarm • Toxinjector Harpoons • Venom Cannon
Armour Armoured Shell • Bonded Exoskeleton • Chitin • Extended Carapace • Hardened Carapace • Reinforced Chitin • Toughened Exoskeleton
Support Abhorrent Pheremones • Accelerated Digestion • Acid Blood • Acid Maw • Adaptive Exoskeleton • Adrenal Glands • Adrenaline Sac • Adrenal Webs • Bio-Metallic Cyst • Blinding Venom • Chameleonic Skin • Containment Spines • Dermic Symbiosis • Dynamic Camouflage • Enhanced Resistance • Enhanced Senses • Frag Spines • Hypermetabolic Acceleration • Implant Attack • Membranous Mobility • Metamorphic Regrowth • Morphic Sinews • Neuronode • Neuropredatory Crest • Optic Membranes • Regenerate • Secretion Goad • Sporemist Spines • Symbiote Rippers • Synaptic Augmentation • Synaptic Enhancement • Thornback • Toxic Miasma • Toxin Sacs • Venom Sacs • Wings
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