mon1torial

[Eng. monitor; -ial.] *1. Monitory, admonitory. 2. Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors. "These objections are against the monitorial system, and not against the occasional use of monitors."-Robin son Method and Organization (1863), p. 405. 3. Performed by monitors. 4. Conducted or taught by monitors: as, a mon itorial school. [LANCASTER I AN-SYSTEM.] mon-i-tör-I-al-ly, adv. [Eng. monitorial; -ly.] In a monitorial manner; by means of monitors; like a monitor. mon-1-tor-i-dæ, s. pl. [Lat., ., monitor: fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Zool.: A lacertine family of the sub-order Cio no crania. The scales of the belly are quadrangular, in cro bands; on back and tail rhombic. Tongue long, exsertile, ending in two long filaments, sheathed at the base. The head has small polygonal shields. The family includes the largest lizards 2752 known, from the African, Indian, and Australian regions. Genera: Monitor (q. v.), sometimes called Varanus; Psammosaurus, Odatria, and Hydro saurus.