Kraken variant (English, name)
expansion: Kraken variant (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: neologism
uncountable
Forms:
form: kraken variant
tags: alternative
form: Kraken Variant
tags: alternative