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So meowscarada has 7 weaknesses, and I'm trying to figure out a good Tera type that will eliminate most of them. Which Tera type should I choose?

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Do you have a format in mind? Viable Tera Types are sometimes different depending on what you're playing.
What about water? Then it would only have 2 weakness (Grass and Electric) and it can learn the move Chilling Water, which is boosted with Water Tera Type.
So what format is it for?
Actually water works perfectly with Meowscrada, as it takes away weaknesses while you resist water weakness
When a Pokemon is terastallized, it only has type effectiveness from it's Tera type. So any prior weaknesses and resistances will be ignored. Therefore, if you are simply looking for most resistances, Steel is the option for you.
From a coverage perspective, Fire is best due to grass being supereffective against Fire's weaknesses.
From a competitive standpoint, Tera Grass / Dark is probably the best for it. Meowscarada usually functions as speed control via Choice Scarf on Balance or a Heavy-Duty Boots pivot with Knock Off to remove opposing Boots on Hazard Stack. Since Meowscarada usually runs Protean anyway a defensive Tera is often not necessary. The way Meowscarada is usually played minimizes hits it takes and so minimizes the need for a defensive Tera. Neither is a Tera + Tera Blast needed for coverage because Meowscarada has plenty in Flower Trick, Knock Off, U-Turn, Triple Axel, and Play Rough. Tera Grass / Dark powers up Meowscarada’s STABs, allowing it to revenge-kill more efficiently or harder to swap into. And most of the time there’s something that utilizes Tera better than Meowscarada, so usually it isn’t Terastillized.

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The Tera Type that would work best with a defensive Meowscarada is Fire-Type. Four of its previous weaknesses, Fire, Ice, Bug and Fairy, will turn into resistances when Terastalized, and it's new weaknesses to Rock, Ground and Water can be dealt with by Meowscarada's Grass attacks.

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What about water? Then it would only have 2 weakness (Grass and Electric) and it can learn the move Chilling Water, which is boosted with Water Tera Type.

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Ok but why would you want to run Chilling Water on Meowscarada? Does it have some niche I'm unaware of?
That's the one I use. I don't really know if it's anything special, but it is decent.