Metaraces are sets of species which may not be related but which all
share very similar characteristics. For example, infernal races hail
from Hades, unliving all defy death and aquatic races are all adapted
for oceanic or underwater conditions.
    
These are the metaraces and the player races within each (Remort
races are shown below in parentheses):

Aquatic: behemoth, homarid, illex, kuroa, (rusalka)
Celestial: anakim, (seraphim)
Classical: centaur, gorgon, minotaur, satyr, (harpy), (naga), (phoenix)
Construct: hephestian, thuul, xodar, (golemn), (chimaera)
Drakhen: dragon, dragonian, tortle, (tianlong), (tuatara), (zmej)
Elder: argus, bloodworm, myconoid, slaad, vipyr, yaag-nesh, (xlakun'ah)
Elemental: jinn, papua, pudding, suula, (efreeti)
Feline: catfolk, (nekomata)
Infernal: devil, (mephistacles)
Jotun: arcanus, boelir, ettin, giant, irrdu, titan, (vanir)
Lupin: vulpin, werewolf, (kitsune)
Nightbreed: dhampir, gargoyle, muridan, tywimn, (wendigo)
Seelie: atomy, changeling, elf, leprechaun, selkie, (sidhe)
Sylvan: arakun, treant, unicorn, (dryad)
Unseelie: goblin, gremlin, troll, uruk, (sluagh)
Unliving: mummy, shadow, vampire, (poltergeist), (revenant)

Races without a metarace: drensieqi, dwarf, flynd, gnome, human, kanku,
kizanki, kreen, qookie, (valkyrie), (ahrimazda)