fin
noun
a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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His hands were all bloody by then, where the fish had finned him.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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