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The 16 pages that link to Mandible, each with the reason it gives.

• InsectivoryRelated: Ant-eating mammals crush prey with jaws adapted to handle many small bodies.

• CheliceraCompared with: Mandibles perform similar feeding tasks but belong to a different arthropod appendage plan.

• CuticleBroader topic: Its hardened cuticle withstands forces during feeding.

• Insect mouthpartsBroader topic: Mandibles are the principal cutting and crushing tools in the ancestral chewing arrangement.

• CaterpillarRelated: Caterpillars use their mandibles to chew plant tissue.

• Piercing-sucking mouthpartsRelated: In some piercing insects, mandibles become slender cutting stylets.

• LobsterRelated: Lobsters use mandibles and other mouthparts to break up food.

• BeetleRelated: Many beetles use strong mandibles to process food or defend themselves.

• StyletRelated: In some insects, mandibles are modified into piercing stylets.

• BlattodeaRelated: These chewing mouthparts suit the varied plant and organic matter many blattodeans eat.

• EntognathaRelated: The position and articulation of entognathan mandibles help characterize their feeding anatomy.

• Rostrum (insect anatomy)Related: Comparing mandibles with rostral stylets distinguishes chewing from piercing-sucking structures.

• AntlionRelated: The larva uses its long jaws to seize prey and inject digestive fluids.

• DecapodRelated: Decapods use mandibles alongside other specialized mouthparts to process food.

• Ground beetleRelated: Strong mandibles help many ground beetles capture and consume prey.

• Carpenter beeRelated: Female carpenter bees use their mandibles to remove wood while making nest tunnels.