<i>Tena</i> and <i>Tera</i> both mean `<i>that</i>'; but <i>tena</i> implies the idea of nearness, `that near you,' <i>tera</i> the idea of distance, `that (or there) away yonder.' Hence, while Tena koe is a welcome, Tera koe would be an insult.
<hw>Tench</hw>, <i>n</i>. slang term, used during the days of transportation, for the Hobart Town Penitentiary, or Prisoners' Barracks—a corruption of "<i>'tentiary</i>," which is for <i>Penitentiary</i>. It is now obsolete.
1859. Caroline Leakey, `The Broad Arrow,' vol. ii. p. 32:
"Prisoners' barracks, sir—us calls it Tench."
<hw>Teraglin</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish of New South Wales, <i>Otolithus atelodus</i>, Gunth. The name <i>Teraglin</i> is stated to be aboriginal. Sometimes called <i>Jew-fish</i> (q.v.).
<hw>Thickhead</hw>, <i>n</i>. the name applied to the Australian birds of the genus <i>Pachycephala</i> (q.v.). They are often called <i>Thrushes</i>. The species are—
The Banded Thickhead
<i>Pachycephala pectoralis</i>, Vig. and Hors.
Black T.—
<i>P. melanura</i>, Gould.
Gilbert's T.—
<i>P. gilbertii</i>, Gould.
Grey-tailed T.—
<i>P. glaucura</i>, Gould (confined to Tasmania).