Kraken variant

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Alternative forms

• kraken variant, Kraken Variant

Proper noun

Kraken variant (uncountable)

1. (neologism) The highly transmissible XBB.1.5 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. A subvariant of the Omicron variant (“B.1.1.529”). Kraken became the predominant strain in the United States at the end of 2022.

Synonyms

• Kraken
• Kraken lineage
• Kraken strain
• Kraken sublineage
• Kraken subvariant
• XBB.1.5

Hypernyms

• B.1
• B.1.1
• BA.2
• coronavirus
• Omicron variant
• SARS-CoV-2
• SARSr-CoV
• virus
• XBB
• XBB.1

Derived terms

(abbreviations, short forms):

• Kraken
• kraken

Related terms

• Alpha variant
• Delta variant
• Omicron variant
• Wuhan variant