‘Cheval’ is French for which animal?
Cheval tree Cheval tree The cheval tree is native to North Island, part of the Agaléga Islands, a territory of Mauritius. It is unique in its properties of minor adhesivity, which attracts insects: specifically, heelwalkers (belonging to the Mantophasmatodea) or "Formosozoros newi" (belonging to the Zoraptera). The tree was named for the glue-like secretion of its bark and the use of horse-hooves for glue in former times—the French word (French is the colonizing language of Agalega) for "horse" is "cheval". In a symbiotic relationship, the Agalega Island Day Gecko ("Phelsuma borbonica agalegae") feeds off the insects trapped in the viscous, though thin,
Ferdinand Cheval the "Palais" a cultural landmark and had it officially protected. In 1986 Cheval was put on a French postage stamp. It is open for visitors every day except Christmas Day, New Year's Day and 15 to 31 January. Ferdinand Cheval Ferdinand Cheval (19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924) was a French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building Le Palais idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives. The Palace is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture. Ferdinand Fernando Cheval was born in Charmes-sur-l'Herbasse, in the Drôme "département" of France, and lived in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure. He left