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A '''Bonesword''' is a form of [[Tyranid]] close-combat [[Biomorph|Biobio-weaponry]].
In [[4th Edition]] Boneswords are psychic weapons which crackle with power coursing through them. Its hilt sends out a psychic pulse to nearby Tyranid units when it is stimulated (usually by combat) sending them into a killing frenzy, often succeeding in attacking an enemy even if they should by all rights be dead.<sup>1-p31</sup>
In [[2nd Edition]], the Bonesword was a living creature functioning as a sword, and used in pairs; the blade itself was produced from a actually the creature's massively elongated horn, serrated on both edges. Gradually over time the Bonesword can grow The blade is capable of gradually growing in length due to its living status. They can also repair themselves , as well as repairing itself given enough time. The hilt comes from the same Bonesword creature as the blade and its 's small brain is implanted situated deep within itthe weapon's hilt. While not powerful enough for The Bonesword is incapable of independent thought, it but can generate a powerful surge of psychic blast energy when stimulated by the user. Because of the living nature of the blade, the psychic power The energy flows along the nerve pathways to tendrils embedded within the endingsblade, turning it into creating a weapon similar to that field effect and effectively making the sword the biological version of a the [[Force Weaponforce weapon]].<sup>2-p52</sup>
==1st Edition==
Boneswords were once the primary close-combat weapon of the [[Tyranid Warrior]], who wielded them in pairs, but seem to have been replaced with more generic stabbing and slashing claws in recent revisions of the genus.