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Answer for the clue "A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly ", 11 letters:
nictitation

Word definitions for nictitation in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. wink, blinking

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nictitation \Nic`ti*ta"tion\, n. The act of winking.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: blink , eye blink , blinking , wink , winking , nictation ]

Usage examples of nictitation.

To their growing disgust and anger, he sat lolling obesely, with lustful eyes upon Rubalsa in a stare broken only by the nictitations that accompanied his perpetual grinning.